Steele said that was just an example of how the party can retool its
message to appeal to young voters and minorities without sacrificing
core conservative principles.

"Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that
I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse
that I now have financial responsibility for," Steele told Republicans
at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. "So how
do I pay for that?"

Steele is such a tool. Any employee marriages—straight or gay—and/or children could potentially cost more for a company that provides benefits. Why not only hire single employees? Doesn't sound very "family friendly", Mr. Chairman of the "Family Values" Party. Steele is reaching but apparently even he realizes bigotry isn't selling like it used to.

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I love how he keeps putting his hoof in his mouth every time he opens it, too bad he isn't concerned about all the small business that don't offer a living wage or even bother to give their employees health care. The GOP has a wedge issue that they are going to use for the next two election cycles and we have to make sure they are countered with the facts and truth a gay marrige does not infringe on a straight one.

Even better for small business -- abolish marriage altogether. That way,big business and small businesses alike won't have to be financially responsible for their spouses -- since they are no longer spouses!